Jesus Enters
This Sunday is Palm Sunday, which means Lent is drawing to a close as we head into Holy Week. Elisabeth Hayes will preaching on Mark 11, where Jesus enters the city of Jerusalem.
Apr 11, 2022•33 min
Third Church Sermons
Third Church RVA is a Presbyterian church pastored by Corey Widmer in Richmond, Virginia. We believe we are called together for the renewal of all things through Jesus Christ.
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Jesus Stops
We finish our exploration of the wonderful chapter of Mark 10 this week with the story of Bartimaeus. This Sunday we’ll look at why this blind beggar is the model disciple and what it would mean for us to become like him too.
Apr 03, 2022•30 min
Special Episode: Rev. Chris Wright on Integrated Mission
What is missions anyway? Well, it is broader and more integrated than we may think! Listen to this special lecture from Dr. Chris Wright, International Ministries Director of the Langham Partnership, on the five marks of mission: evangelism, discipleship, compassion, justice, and creation care.
Apr 01, 2022•1 hr 41 min
Jesus Serves
This Sunday we’ll look at the next section in this action packed chapter 10 of the book of Mark. As Jesus walks ever more resolutely toward his death in Jerusalem, his disciples seem ever more confused about the meaning of Jesus’ mission.
Mar 27, 2022•35 min
Jesus Demands
This Sunday we’ll learn about a very personal encounter that Jesus has with a successful young man in Mark 10, and what happens when Jesus calls him to follow him.
Mar 21, 2022•35 min
Jesus Restores
This week we welcome Dr. Christopher J.H. Wright to look with us at a great text about prayer, doubt and the identity and mission of Jesus.
Mar 14, 2022•34 min
Jesus Turns
This Sunday we’ll see the turn that the book of Mark takes when Peter confesses Jesus’ identity, and Jesus then immediately begins to tell them about the cross. This is a bracing beginning to Lent.
Mar 08, 2022•30 min
Jesus Liberates
We continue this week in our series on Mark as Corey preaches on the story of Legion.
Feb 28, 2022•32 min
Jesus Calms
This Sunday we’ll see Jesus as the one who calms storms. Elisabeth Hayes will be preaching on this famous story, and we’ll reflect on how it speaks to us in this stormy season of life.
Feb 21, 2022•35 min
Jesus Gives Rest
In a time of immense restlessness and conflict, we are meditating this week on Jesus as the Lord of the Sabbath. He has come to give us deep rest of soul, and to ultimately bring creation itself into everlasting Shalom.
Feb 14, 2022•33 min
Jesus Forgives
This Sunday we’ll continue in our series on the Gospel of Mark. Corey preaches on Mark 2:1-12, a moving story about Jesus’ power to heal and forgive. * This sermon was co-written with Rev. Kevin Germer, Christ Presbyterian Church, Richmond Sermon Sources: - NT Wright, “Mark For Everyone” - James Edwards, “The Gospel According to Mark,” (Pillar NT Commentary) - Tim Keller, “King’s Cross.” The illustration about Eustace and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader was suggested by Keller.
Feb 08, 2022•32 min
Youth Sunday: Jesus Heals
This Sunday is Youth Sunday! Sometimes we refer to our young people as the "future church," but on this particular Sunday we are reminded that they are also the church of the present. There is no Holy Spirit Junior! The same Holy Spirit who empowers us has gifted each of our students with special anointing to lead God's people, and this Sunday we have the opportunity to receive from them.
Jan 31, 2022•24 min
Jesus Calls
This Sunday we’ll look at the first words of Jesus in the book of Mark: “The time has come! The Kingdom of God has come near! Repent and believe the good news!” We’ll explore the nature of Jesus call and also look at his first invitation to a group of people to become his disciples.
Jan 25, 2022•31 min
Jesus Arrives
We’re also beginning a new sermon series this Sunday on the Gospel of Mark called The Way of Jesus. From now through Easter, we’ll be looking at the person of Jesus through Mark’s eyes, learning about his identity and mission. We’ll kick off the series this Sunday by looking at the first 13 verses.
Jan 18, 2022•33 min
New Life, New Community
The book of Ephesians is all about the new things God has done through the gospel, and in our text this Sunday we’ll focus on two of those things. First, the new life God has given us in Christ, second, the new community God has created through Jesus, which we can now participate in through the work of the Holy Spirit in us.
Jan 11, 2022•33 min
A Surprising Gift: At-Home Worship Guide
Today we begin the season of Christmastide which lasts a full 12 days. Over these next days, we celebrate the miracle of Christ’s incarnation through gathering, feasting, rejoicing and worship. The truth that God has come to dwell with us deserves all our praise, so we hope you can find times to express your thanksgiving and adoration of the newborn King this week.
Jan 03, 2022•16 min
What Happened After Christmas
What Happened After Christmas by Third Church, RVA
Jan 03, 2022•29 min
Mothers of Jesus: Mary
Mothers of Jesus: Mary by Third Church, RVA
Dec 31, 2021•33 min
Mothers of Jesus: Bathsheba
We are nearing the end of our Advent sermon series on the mothers of Jesus with this look at Bathsheba. Typically, people look at this story from the perspective of David, but we’ll be looking at it from the perspective of Bathsheba, and what her role in Jesus’s lineage tells us about the hope of his coming. WARNING: This week’s text tells a story of rape, deception, manipulation and murder. These topics may be difficult for some individuals, including young children or victims of sexual assault...
Dec 20, 2021•30 min
Mothers of Jesus: Ruth
This week, we continue our study of the Mothers of Jesus - a look at the five women mentioned in Matthew's genealogy of Jesus. In the Book of Ruth, we find the ultimate outsider and we find ancient echoes of what would become Jesus’ most famous words - the Sermon on the Mount.
Dec 13, 2021•32 min
Mothers of Jesus: Rahab
This Sunday we’ll continue with our Mothers of Advent series by looking at the next mother in Matthew’s genealogy, Rahab.
Dec 07, 2021•28 min
Mothers of Jesus: Tamar
This Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent! We begin again a new cycle of the Christian year, retelling the most important story of our lives. Advent means “arrival.” We look back on those who waited for the coming of the Messiah, and we look ahead as those who continue to wait for his return. This Sunday we are excited to begin a new Advent series called “The Mothers of Jesus.” We’ll be looking each week at one of the five women who are named in the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew chapter 1, and w...
Nov 29, 2021•33 min
An Eternal King
This Sunday is the last Sunday of the Christian calendar year, which has historically been called "Christ the King" Sunday. On this day we celebrate that Jesus is King over all nations and all creation, and that he will one day come to reclaim his Kingdom forever. It feels especially fitting this Sunday as we have been working through our series on 1 and 2 Samuel called “Longing for the True King.” We’ll finish the series this Sunday in one of the most significant chapters of the Old Testament, ...
Nov 22, 2021•32 min
A King Who Unites
This Sunday we’ll look at the climax that we have moving toward since 1 Samuel 16, when the young shepherd boy David was pulled from the fields and anointed as the future king. David takes a fragmented collection of warring tribes and pulls them together as a united Kingdom. We’ll look at what this tells us about the unique kind of unity that God creates for his people.
Nov 15, 2021•33 min
A Merciful King
This Sunday we’ll continue the story of David the King. Pastor Fakhri Yacoub will be preaching on “A Merciful King,” looking at the remarkable way that David chose to show mercy in his role as King rather than behave like the kings of the nations.
Nov 15, 2021•35 min
The Suffering King
This Sunday we continue with the story of the kings of Israel. The story takes a surprising turn when just after David defeats Goliath and experiences great success in Israel, he is driven into the wilderness by Saul’s jealousy. We also look at what this says to us about our own Christian experience. * This sermon was co-written with Rev. Kevin Germer of Christ Presbyterian Church, Richmond VA Sources: - Tim Chester, 1 Samuel for You - Rankin Wilbourne, “The Cave, The Community, The Sacrifice,”S...
Nov 01, 2021•35 min
A King After God's Glory
This Sunday we’ll continue in the story of the monarchy as the spotlight now swings to the king-elect David. In 1 Samuel 17, he is confronted with his first challenge, and it’s a big one: a giant of a man named Goliath. We’ll see this week how this same theme of God’s upside-down Kingdom gets played out in this story- that God’s deliverance is not based on sword or spear or any other human conventions, but that God delights in using the small to bring down the great, using the seemingly weak to ...
Oct 24, 2021•33 min
A King After God's Own Heart
This Sunday we’ll traverse into the next great chapter of the history of the monarchy in Israel: we will meet the young man named David. This is a new chapter in what has been a sad and disappointing beginning in Israel’s monarchy, and it speaks of the hope that God always brings out of hopeless situations. God always sees beyond what we see- and this chapter invites us to see with the eyes of God.
Oct 18, 2021•33 min
The King Falters: Opportunistic Leadership
This week we’ll see how a well-meaning and gifted person like Saul can go from being a promising young King to becoming a king “like that of the nations.” We see his rebellion against God’s command and his self-deceit as he justifies his behavior. We are given a warning that we share the same kind of heart, and to be watchful over our own propensity to self-deceit. And we are given a pointer to the God who saves us all from our self-destruction. - Tim Keller, “Sin as Self Deceit,” Sermon preache...
Oct 13, 2021•35 min
The King Falters: Impatient Disobedience
This Sunday we’ll continue our study of 1 Samuel by seeing the first major mistake Saul makes as king.
Oct 05, 2021•30 min
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